June 12 at 5:00 concert of some of my works. To purchase tickets https://www.culturelablic.org/calendar n June 12 at 5:00 pm, RAM, the group I founded back in the early 2000’s, will produce a concert in honor of my long commitment to the organization. They’ll perform works from my past. I am so thankful that this…

My fellow members of Random Access Music have decided to honor me with a solo concert! The concert will happen at The Culture Lab in Long Island City. The following link will lead you to a ticketing and reservation site: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ram-queens-new-music-festival-2022-june-10-11-12-tickets-338203053437 I am so touched by all the amazing people who kept the festival alive…

About a decade ago, I came up with the idea to create a festival for new music, inviting any all new music performers to apply to hold a concert here in Queens New York. Its success continues to amaze me. It is run by the composers’ group I started back in about 2006. http://ram-nyc.org It…

Tonight, “Begin Again”, the 1st movement of the woodwind quintet I was composing when my cardiac arrest occurred will be performed by the talented Quintet of the Americas. The following link is for the live stream that starts at 7pm. https://www.youtube.com/user/NatOperaCenterLIVE The link will stay active after the live stream so you can view at…

My woodwind quintet, Starting Over will be performed Monday Nov 8 at 7:00 PM at the National Opera Center in Manhattan, 330 7th Avenue, 7th floor,/Manhattan, NYC NY. This composition is the piece I was working on in March, 2014 when I suffered a cardiac arrest. It is only the second piece I’ve been able…

Here’s a link to the live performance of Jade Dance. (Max Lifchitz, piano) MaxLichitz is an amazing pianist–his performances are always technically strong, and his musicality is always spot-on. As you can see and here, I am very lucky to have such a musician champion my work. Later this year he will take on my…

A performance of my piano solo, Jade Dance may be seen at this link: https://cts.vresp.com/c/?NorthSouthConsonance/a75433c18d/b17d30d609/e6aeb45e7d

Tomorrow, , May 24, 4:00 pm online performance my of Jade Dance by pianist, Max Lifchitz and North\South Consonance. Please join Max and me. Jade Dance is a wild ride, in which the music gets faster and faster and crazier and out of control until the the music just can’t be played any longer and…

The incomparable pianist Max Lifchitz will perform my Jade Dance for piano solo on Monday, May 24 at 4:00 pm. It will be a virtual performance–details to be announced as soon as I know more.

It’s been 7 years since I last posted. The reason for this is that on March 31, 2014, I suffered a cardiac arrest–my heart simply (and suddenly) stopped beating. I was in Pittsburg, PA for a performance of Three Fantasies when it all happened. I was resuscitated by two strangers (who I have never found,…